Around the Web
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The Awful Truth About Jogging
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Been meaning to share this for a while now. So funny.
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Incident? What Incident?
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Kinda funny, but not.
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A 2012 WIN/Gallup poll found that China is the most atheistic nation in the world. 47 percent of respondents said they did not belong to any religion. From The Washington Post.
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What’s Wrong With Having a Little Faith?
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Vanessa Pinto, writing for the Huffington Post: We live in a city where we are encouraged to try everything out, but God or religion is definitely not one of them.
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This video of Dove beauty sketches of women have been circulating the internet. But you HAVE to watch the one for men.
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Dance Like Nobody’s Watching: Airport
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Not sure why this made me laugh so much.
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Award Wallet
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I used to travel quite a bit in my last job and accrued some random airline miles here and there. I couldn’t keep track of how much I had and where they were until I found out about Awardwallet.com. It’s a free site that tracks your balances in one convenient place and even alerts you…
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Slow Motion Skateboarding Tricks
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Uncommon skateboarding tricks in super slow motion. Filmed at 1,000 frames per second with a Redlake N3 high speed camera.
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What We Say vs. What Mom Hears
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Does anyone send e-cards anymore? I still love hoops&yoyo. Here’s one in honor of Mother’s Day this weekend: What we say vs. what mom hears. Click on the buttons on the left of the card to hear what we say. Then click on the buttons to the right of the card to hear what mom…
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TEDtalks: The Power of Introverts
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Photo on Wired.com
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Updated (Feb 27, 2012): Yet another wired.com story using this photo. If the image above looks familiar, you probably saw it when I posted about my google chrome laptop. I’m posting about it again because Wired.com used it today for one of their stories. Thanks to ethegolfman for the heads up.
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Cute School Portrait Video
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Mountain Biker vs. Antelope
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I miss mountain biking, but not like this.
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Google+
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I haven’t been online very much recently, but I’ve been playing around with Google+. I’m sure everyone’s on by now (if you are, add me, google plus me, + me, whatever). But if you’re still looking for an invite, leave a comment. Update (July 10): Check out this Google+ cheat sheet: Image courtesy of Simon…
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Turntable.fm
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Anyone try turntable.fm yet? You can chat and DJ for each other in a room. I’ve been on and it seems pretty interesting. I believe it’s still in beta right now and open only to those who have Facebook friends who are already on. So all my facebook friends can log on now. Let me…
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Beginning of the Great Revival
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So my roommate (who’s from China) has tickets lined up for a free screening of Beginning of the Great Revival, a star-studded film about the historical events surrounding the formation of China’s Communist Party. Does this make up for not being able to go to China this year? First time in a long time that…
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Best Doodle EVER
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For the next 24 hours on the Google homepage will be celebrating the birthday of musician and inventor Les Paul. You’ll find an interactive, playable logo inspired by the guitar developed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee that made the sound of rock and roll possible. From the Google blog: “As well as his guitar…
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Bach Toccata & Fugue in D Minor on the Big Piano
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Just a random awesome video for the weekend cuz I’m not feeling so well.
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The Google ReaderAdvantage Program
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OOOh, anyone who knows me (or who is a google contact of mine) will know that I’m a prolific Google Reader user. Look what I found today! The Google ReaderAdvantageâ„¢ program is simple. You get one point for each item you read. The more you read, the more you get. Then you can trade in…
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Chatroulette + Improv Piano Player = Love!!
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For those who don’t know, Chatroulette is a website that pairs random strangers for web cam-based conversations. Kinda creepy, IMHO, but the following video is HILARIOUS! Beware the swears.